Young woman hits back after dad shares sexy pic

President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is being criticised on social media after he posted a photograph of his adult daughter, Samantha Blake Cohen in lingerie.

The black and white image uploaded to his Twitter account, shows his college-student daughter in just bra and stockings, seemingly emulating the pose from a famous photograph of 1960's icon and Andy Warhol muse, Edie Sedgwick.

The original tweet has since been shared over 3500 times and retweeted 353 times.

While Cohen was seemingly attempting to deliver praise to his daughter, he was immediately bombarded with a flurry of negative feedback from some of his 220,000 Twitter followers — with one user even labelling him Mr Creepypants.

Sarah Burris asked: 'Got any pics of her sitting on your lap?'

While Professor Chaos tweeted : 'Most fathers don't post lingerie shots of their daughters. I guess #Trump must be rubbing off on you.'

Michael Cohen then tweeted: 'Jealous?' then 'Beauty and brains you a-hole! It's a modeling shot remake from an old Edie.'

To which @annanotherthng replied: 'Yep, she's gorgeous, however most fathers don't share lingerie pics of their daughters on social media Mr Creepypants.'

Feeling 'hurt and embarrassed' by the media storm, Cohen's daughter Samantha defended her father yesterday in an emailed statement to TIME, writing:

“To try to paint my family as incestual is degrading and downright disgusting. This is an example of the media blowing things out of proportion and using an easy target, a young woman, as a vehicle to tear down other young women.”

“My father does not think I’m ‘hot’ and him posting a professional photo taken of me in a bra and pants does not mean he sexualizes me.”

“I find it hypocritical that those who consider themselves liberal would criticize a woman embracing her body. How would you feel if people thought your father was sexualizing you? Wouldn’t you feel hurt and embarrassed?”

The original image of model Edie Sedgwick circa mid-1960s, that Samantha was trying to emulate. Image: Pinterest